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WorksheetsSixth Science Midterm Study Guide
Total questions: 92
Worksheet time: 46mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three branches of science?
a)
earth, life, physical
b)
earth, mineral, life
c)
physical, mineral, living
d)
earth, living, chemical
2.
What is earth science?
a)
Study of minerals and natural resources
b)
study of living things
c)
study of matter and energy
3.
What is life science?
a)
study of minerals and natural resources
b)
study of living things
c)
study of matter and energy
d)
study of humans and their life
4.
What is physical science?
a)
study of minerals and natural resources
b)
study of living things
c)
study of matter and energy
d)
study of humans and their life
5.
What is scientific inquiry?
a)
a process that uses a set of skills to answer questions or to test ideas about the natural world
b)
a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience
c)
the act of using one or more of your senses to gather information and taking notes of what occurs
6.
What is step one of scientific inquiry?
a)
Hypothesis and predict
b)
Analyze results
c)
Ask a question
d)
Retest if needed
7.
What is step two of scientific inquiry?
a)
Ask a question
b)
Hypothesis and Predict
c)
Test
d)
Make a plan
8.
What is step three of scientific inquiry?
a)
Test
b)
Analyze Results
c)
Predict
d)
Classify
9.
What is step four of scientific inquiry?
a)
Test
b)
Analyze Results
c)
Research
d)
Draw Conclusions
10.
What is step five of scientific inquiry?
a)
Analyze results
b)
Communicate Results
c)
Make calculations
d)
Draw Conclusions
11.
What is step six of scientific inquiry?
a)
Analyze Results
b)
Retest if needed
c)
Communicate Results
d)
Classify Results
12.
What is step seven of scientific inquiry?
a)
Retest if needed
b)
Share on the internet
13.
What is a hypothesis?
a)
a statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events
b)
a logical explanation of an observation that is drawn from prior knowledge or experience
c)
a possible explanation for an observation that can be tested by scientific investigations
14.
How do you find mean?
a)
add all numbers, divide by the number of numbers. (find the average)
b)
put data in order from least to greatest and find the middle number.
c)
find the number that occurs the most in a set of data
d)
the biggest number minus the smallest number
15.
How do you find the mode?
a)
add all numbers, divide by the number of numbers. (find the average)
b)
put data in order from least to greatest and find the middle number.
c)
find the number that occurs the most in a set of data
d)
the biggest number minus the smallest number
16.
How do you find the range?
a)
add all numbers, divide by the number of numbers. (find the average)
b)
put data in order from least to greatest and find the middle number.
c)
find the number that occurs the most in a set of data
d)
the biggest number minus the smallest number
17.
How do you find the median?
a)
add all numbers, divide by the number of numbers. (find the average)
b)
put data in order from least to greatest and find the middle number.
c)
find the number that occurs the most in a set of data
d)
the biggest number minus the smallest number
18.
What are rulers and metersticks used for?
a)
measure lengths and distances
b)
measure temperature
c)
measure wind speed and force
d)
measure the mass of an object
19.
What are triple beam balances used for?
a)
to measure volume
b)
to measure the mass of an object
20.
What are thermometers used for?
a)
to measure the mass of an object
b)
to collect, organize, and store information
c)
to help identify minerals
d)
to measure the temperature of a substance
21.
What are anemometers used for?
a)
to measure wind direction
b)
to measure wind force and speed
c)
to show magnetic north
d)
to enable people to see more clearly
22.
What is a compass?
a)
an instrument which shows magnetic north
b)
an instrument which enables people to see more clearly
c)
a hard piece of unglazed porcelain that helps identify materials
23.
What are binoculars?
a)
instruments which show magnetic north
b)
instruments which enable people to see more clearly
c)
hard pieces of unglazed porcelain that help identify materials
24.
What is a variable?
a)
any factor that can have more than one value
b)
the factor you want to test
c)
the factor that you observe
25.
What is a independent variable?
a)
any factor that can have more than one value
b)
the factor you want to test
c)
the factor that you observe
26.
What is a dependent variable?
a)
any factor that can have more than one value
b)
the factor you want to test
c)
the factor that you observe
27.
what are autotrophs?
a)
Organisms that convert light energy to usable energy
b)
organisms that obtain energy from other organisms.
c)
living things that develop, or change, during their lifetimes.
d)
living that things grow, or increase in size.
28.
what are heterotrophs?
a)
Organisms that convert light energy to usable energy
b)
organisms that obtain energy from other organisms.
c)
living things that develop, or change, during their lifetimes.
d)
living that things grow, or increase in size.
29.
what is binomial nomenclature?
a)
A group of organisms
b)
a tool used to identify an organism based on its characteristics
c)
a naming system that gives each living thing a two-word scientific name.
30.
what are the six characteristics living things have in common?
a)
Living things are made of plastic
Living things are organized
Living things grow and develop
Living things respond to their habitat
Living things reproduce
Living things use water
Living things are organized
Living things grow and develop
Living things respond to their habitat
Living things reproduce
Living things use water
b)
Living things are made of cells.
Living things are organized.
Living things grow and develop.
Living things respond to their environment.
Living things reproduce.
Living things use energy.
Living things are organized.
Living things grow and develop.
Living things respond to their environment.
Living things reproduce.
Living things use energy.
31.
What are the four levels of a multicellular organism?
a)
cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
b)
domains, kingdom, phylum, class
32.
What is the classificationsystem in order?
a)
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b)
cells, cell wall, tissue, tissue system, organ, organ system
33.
What is a prokaryotic cell?
a)
no nucleus, no membrane bound organelles, unicellular organisms
b)
nucleus, membrane bound organelles, multicellular organisms
c)
small grain like bodies
d)
controls what substances come in and out of the cell
34.
What is a eukaryotic cell?
a)
no nucleus, no membrane bound organelles, unicellular organisms
b)
nucleus, membrane bound organelles, multicellular organisms
c)
small grain like bodies
d)
controls what substances come in and out of the cell
35.
What is a cell wall?
a)
A rigid layer that surrounds plant cells
b)
controls what substances come in and out of the cell
c)
thin strands floating in the nucleus
d)
small round structure within nucleus
36.
What is a cell membrane?
a)
A rigid layer that surrounds plant cells
b)
the layer underneath the cell wall
c)
thin strands floating in the nucleus
d)
small round structure within nucleus
37.
What is cytoplasm?
a)
small round structure within the nucleus
b)
small grain like bodies
c)
organelles which are made up of a maze of passageways
d)
clear thick gel like fluid that is constantly moving
38.
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
a)
small round structure within the nucleus
b)
small grain like bodies
c)
organelles which are made up of a maze of passageways
d)
clear thick gel like fluid that is constantly moving
39.
What are mitochondria?
a)
rod shaped organelles
b)
thin strands floating in the nucleus
c)
small grain like bbodies
d)
membrane
40.
What does the nucleus do?
a)
controls what substances come in and out of the cell
b)
directs all the cell's activity
c)
produces ribosomes
d)
store food and other materials
41.
What does the cell membrane do?
a)
controls what substances come in and out of the cell
b)
directs all the cell's activity
c)
produces ribosomes
d)
store food and other materials
42.
What does cytoplasm do?
a)
holds organelles in place
b)
convert energy in food molecules into energy that the cell can use
c)
carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another
43.
What do mitochondria do?
a)
holds organelles in place
b)
convert energy in food molecules into energy that the cell can use
c)
carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another
44.
What does the endoplasmic reticulum do?
a)
holds organelles in place
b)
convert energy in food molecules into energy that the cell can use
c)
carry proteins and other materials from one part of the cell to another
45.
What is photosynthesis?
a)
plants capture the energy in light
b)
Sugars are made
c)
all of the above
46.
What is fertilization?
a)
When a sperm cell unites with an egg cell
b)
rigid cell walls and vascular tissue strengthen and support large bodies of plants
47.
What is the visible spectrum?
a)
transparent objects allow light to pass through them
b)
shiny surfaces bounce the light back
c)
ROY G BIV (white light)
d)
Dark objects take in light
48.
What is absorption?
a)
transparent objects allow light to pass through them
b)
shiny surfaces bounce the light back
c)
ROY G BIV (white light)
d)
Dark objects take in light
49.
What is reflection?
a)
transparent objects allow light to pass through them
b)
shiny surfaces bounce the light back
c)
ROY G BIV (white light)
d)
Dark objects take in light
50.
What is the transmission?
a)
transparent objects allow light to pass through them
b)
shiny surfaces bounce the light back
c)
ROY G BIV (white light)
d)
Dark objects take in light
51.
What are the five things plants need to be able to live on land?
a)
Obtain Water
Retain water
transport materials
support
reproduction
Retain water
transport materials
support
reproduction
b)
obtain water
digest water
transport minerals
support
reproduction
digest water
transport minerals
support
reproduction
52.
What is a stimulus?
a)
a change in an organisms enviroment that causes a response
b)
the plants response to touch
c)
a plants growth towards or away from light
d)
the plants response to gravity
53.
What is phototropism?
a)
a change in an organisms enviroment that causes a response
b)
the plants response to touch
c)
a plants growth towards or away from light
d)
the plants response to gravity
54.
What is thigmotropism?
a)
a change in an organisms enviroment that causes a response
b)
the plants response to touch
c)
a plants growth towards or away from light
d)
the plants response to gravity
55.
What is a gravitropism
a)
a change in an organisms enviroment that causes a response
b)
the plants response to touch
c)
a plants growth towards or away from light
d)
the plants response to gravity
56.
What are plant hormones?
a)
substances that act as chemical messengers within plants
b)
esponse to the number of hours of darkness in its environment
57.
What is population?
a)
a group of organisms that live in an area at one time, as well as the climate, soil, water, and other nonliving parts of the environment
b)
all of the populations of different species that live together in the same area at the same time
c)
all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
d)
The parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life
58.
What is community?
a)
a group of organisms that live in an area at one time, as well as the climate, soil, water, and other nonliving parts of the environment
b)
all of the populations of different species that live together in the same area at the same time
c)
all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
d)
The parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life
59.
What is ecosystem?
a)
a group of organisms that live in an area at one time, as well as the climate, soil, water, and other nonliving parts of the environment
b)
all of the populations of different species that live together in the same area at the same time
c)
all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
d)
The parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life
60.
What is biosphere?
a)
a group of organisms that live in an area at one time, as well as the climate, soil, water, and other nonliving parts of the environment
b)
all of the populations of different species that live together in the same area at the same time
c)
all of the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time
d)
The parts of Earth and the surrounding atmosphere where there is life
61.
What is ecology?
a)
The study of earth
b)
the study of life on Earth
c)
the study of all ecosystems
62.
What is competition?
a)
the demand for resources in short supply in a community
b)
the demand to win prey in a community
63.
What is limiting factor?
a)
anything that restricts the size of a population
b)
the largest number of offspring that can be produced when there are no limiting factors present
c)
The largest number of individuals of one species that an environment can support
64.
What is carrying capacity?
a)
anything that restricts the size of a population
b)
the largest number of offspring that can be produced when there are no limiting factors present
c)
The largest number of individuals of one species that an environment can support
65.
What is not an example of a limiting factor?
a)
Temperature
b)
Disease
c)
Natural Disaster
d)
Food Surplus
66.
What is an abiotic factor?
a)
nonliving organism
b)
living organism
67.
What is a biotic factor?
a)
nonliving organism
b)
living organism
68.
What is not an example of an abiotic factor?
a)
rock
b)
plant
c)
wire
d)
plastic
69.
What is not an example of a biotic factor?
a)
grass
b)
tree
c)
rock
d)
flower
70.
What is population density?
a)
the size of a population compared to the amount of space available
b)
the largest number of offspring that can be produced when there are no limiting factors present
c)
the amount of things you can pack in a box
71.
What is birthrate?
a)
the number of offspring produced over a given period of time
b)
the number of individuals that die over the same period of time
c)
a growth pattern when population is in ideal condition with unlimited resources
d)
another species not native coming into and taking over
72.
What is death rate?
a)
the number of offspring produced over a given period of time
b)
the number of individuals that die over the same period of time
c)
a growth pattern when population is in ideal condition with unlimited resources
d)
another species not native coming into and taking over
73.
What is exponential growth?
a)
the number of offspring produced over a given period of time
b)
the number of individuals that die over the same period of time
c)
a growth pattern when population is in ideal condition with unlimited resources
d)
another species not native coming into and taking over
74.
What is invasive species?
a)
the number of offspring produced over a given period of time
b)
the number of individuals that die over the same period of time
c)
a growth pattern when population is in ideal condition with unlimited resources
d)
another species not native coming into and taking over
75.
What is migration?
a)
the instinctive seasonal movement of a population of organisms from one place to another
b)
a flight or journey to a better place
76.
What is a threatened species?
a)
a species at risk, but not yet endangered
b)
a species that has died out and no individuals are left
c)
a species whose population is at risk of extinction
77.
What is a endangered species?
a)
a species at risk, but not yet endangered
b)
a species that has died out and no individuals are left
c)
a species whose population is at risk of extinction
78.
What is a extinct species?
a)
a species at risk, but not yet endangered
b)
a species that has died out and no individuals are left
c)
a species whose population is at risk of extinction
79.
What is predation?
a)
the hunting of organisms for food
b)
the eating of the weak
c)
the way of life for deer
d)
how an organism is eaten by a larger substance
80.
What is a habitat?
a)
The place within an ecosystem where an organism lives
b)
what a species does in its habitat to survive
c)
used by all living things to carry out life processes such as growth and reproduction
81.
What is a niche?
a)
The place within an ecosystem where an organism lives
b)
what a species does in its habitat to survive
c)
used by all living things to carry out life processes such as growth and reproduction
82.
What is energy?
a)
The place within an ecosystem where an organism lives
b)
what a species does in its habitat to survive
c)
used by all living things to carry out life processes such as growth and reproduction
83.
What is a producer?
a)
organism that gets energy from the environment
b)
organisms that obtain energy from other organisms
c)
organisms that get energy by eating other organisms
d)
converts light energy into usable energy
84.
What is a consumer?
a)
organism that gets energy from the environment
b)
organisms that obtain energy from other organisms
c)
organisms that get energy by eating other organisms
d)
converts light energy into usable energy
85.
How does an omnivore get energy?
a)
eating dead organisms or parts of dead organisms
b)
by eating other consumers
c)
by eating producers and consumers
d)
by eating plants
86.
How does a herbivore get energy?
a)
eating dead organisms or parts of dead organisms
b)
by eating other consumers
c)
by eating producers and consumers
d)
by eating plants
87.
How does a carnivore get energy?
a)
eating dead organisms or parts of dead organisms
b)
by eating other consumers
c)
by eating producers and consumers
d)
by eating plants
88.
How does a detritivore get energy?
a)
eating dead organisms or parts of dead organisms
b)
by eating other consumers
c)
by eating producers and consumers
d)
by eating plants
89.
What is symbiosis?
a)
A close relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact
b)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other
c)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species and harms the other
d)
A symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit
90.
What is mutualism?
a)
A close relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact
b)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other
c)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species and harms the other
d)
A symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit
91.
What is commensalism?
a)
A close relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact
b)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other
c)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species and harms the other
d)
A symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit
92.
What is parasitism?
a)
A close relationship between two or more organisms of different species that live in direct contact
b)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species but does not harm or benefit the other
c)
A symbiotic relationship that benefits one species and harms the other
d)
A symbiotic relationship in which both partners benefit
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